Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will perform with Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience. 6 p.m. June 7, at the tent at Waterfront Park as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival / Courtesy photo
Written by Brent Hallenbeck
It used to be that the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival withheld information about all its concerts until making its splashy announcement a couple of months before the big event. Now, in this era where jazz fans can easily find out their favorite musicians’ touring schedules online, the festival has started parsing out details in the weeks leading up to the announcement, which serves to generate some buzz and even a few ticket sales in advance.That means Wednesday’s announcement lacked the “Oh, wow!” factor it used to have. But it’s still nice to see the whole 10-day schedule in one, neat-and-tidy package, including a few of the remaining gaps filled in. Here’s the plan so far for the 29th-annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which other than a few support bands yet to be scheduled is pretty much ready to roll once June arrives.
Time and acts to be announced, June 1, the Long Trail Live event starts the festival by turning the Church Street Marketplace into a three-ring circus for perambulating live-music listeners. Free.
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